Jan 20th, 2020 Tokyo at night and so hard to look down I must pay attention to the street level. I really could not stop my eyes. In the Ginza Six area there is a collection of retail branding meets lights action building skins. This building is branded by Sony and has a car showroom on the main floor with futuristic prototypes. Mixing culture with commerce and high design does it for me anytime.
Jan 13th, 2020 On a cold winter day, we photographed four of our most recently completed projects and we took one of me to share; I love this photo as I stand amongst my work. A limestone pergola is a jewel and the details complete a residence that was built many decades ago. Renovation is never easy, and to bring today to yesteryear is a skill that I have crafted over the years. We continue as a company THA to design of today and of tomorrow.
Jan 6th, 2020 The rebuilding of a fireplace in an old wall with modern horizontal firebrick is the beginning of the end in a good way. This fireplace will be a masonry chimney with a gas log insert giving the old and the new the easy perfection of use. This restoration of the 1903 fraternity house to a three unit condo will reveal itself in 2020. We are the developers, the architects and the interior designers. A true vertically integrated project. I must say a fabulous photo thank you Costas Picadas.
Dec 23rd, 2019 Not a lot to say except look up and watch. Let’s take this motto and explore: look at the tops of buildings and away from our phones, be in the moment. If a rock is coming crashing down move aside and live. In the end nature wins and that is all true. What is more beautiful the smashed old car or the purple jagged rock; I am going with the rock. Maybe the rock would not be so beautiful without its sitting on the smashed car. That I believe, it truly takes two to Tango.
Dec 16th, 2019 The acclaimed architecture of this building that was finished in 2016 after a four year construction period is an inverted pyramid with an architectural filigree of metal that reflects a crown used in Yoruban culture. I like anything which reflects leadership especially with jewels. The jewels inside are poignant and the journey through is sometimes restricted and sometimes voluminous with celebration. You take the elevator to the basement and you crawl up through the exhibits then land at the concourse where you can explore this room of water to ponder. The lead architects: David Adjaye, Phil Freelon,…
Dec 9th, 2019 A membership of over 150 women whose common interest is art and supporting the arts. We had a two-day agenda filled extravaganza that took us to museums and private collections where we spoke with curators and collectors. To get the insight on an exhibit or the reasoning behind a life pursuit of amassing a collection is both inspirational and educational. Documenting this photograph as a press item is my way of saying trips like this should be in the news and the exploration of a passion is critical to the development of our culture. Hot off the…
Dec 2nd, 2019 We are so lucky to have two full days with Costas to photograph four of our most recently finished projects. Here he is lining up to shoot an office that we completed 4,500sf, this being a partner’s corner suite. It is interesting which angles work and ones that don’t. I follow along styling and moving pieces to accommodate. Truly two full days and some fun dinners at night…lunch is definitely on the go. Note here we have the LED ceiling light one where the remainder of the lights are off. This gives the truest colour and accents…
Nov 25th, 2019 Gardens by the Bay houses the Supertree Grove stating spectacular. These gardens play with scale by you experiencing the height of a tree above grade; you feel small one moment and enormous the next. The gardens are a modern form of a Central Park in NYC where you walk and ponder and feel the park in the city. So futuristic you want to fly around the gardens with an airpack and picnic in the sky: I am sure this is on its way. The astounding truism with visiting these gardens is to experience it there is no…
Nov 18th, 2019 Singapore is a city that is of today and of tomorrow. The architecture is dense and respectful while delighting with new buildings throughout this city of finance and culture. From Independence in 1965 it has held its head high as a multicultural city soaring to become the finance center of our new world. City planners have taken the time to entertain us and give us comfort in the heat of the day. Mountains under glass and colonial museums with modern connections exhibit international treasures. This city glows at night building after building. Not to be forgotten is…
Nov 11th, 2019 RAIC President’s Dinner and Awards in Toronto I was the Emcee surrounded by the Presidents in my new fashion line KADE: Keep Alive Design Ethical, made in Canada for Superhero Women. Many awards to get through and some construction industry facts to share. Did you know that only 3% of the construction industry are women? The pay scale starts at $75,000/annual for the first year and after two years your pay increases to $125,000/annually. The hours are 7am to 3pm, women go get those jobs! Architects from across Canada so proud to be asked to Host!!!
